Cowboys
Ian Dury & The Blockheads

They say it’s tough out there and that’s for sure
You pay your way twice over if not more
They say that’s the proce of fame, and now you’ve made your name
Your freinds don’t even treat you like they used to do before
They quote the man stars who’ve died so young
From the fermament you seek to walk among
They tell you who went mad, who went from good to bad
And they warn you of the dangers that await the highly strung

Who the hell are they?
And who cares what they say?
Who only seek to worry and alarm
Don’t give those dogs thier day
Don’t let them get thier way
‘Cos I can see that fame’s done you no harm

They say what you sacrifeced to be the best
Did you loose all other perpose in your quest?
They say that fame’s your only goal and it messes up your soul
And they mension Elvis Presley and you’re supposed to know the rest
They tell you cherish every minute that you’re hot
So at least your’ll have some memories when you’re not
They say wehn fame becomes dispair, you abandon what you learn
Which makes it that much harded to give up what you’ve got

Who the hell are they?
And who cares what they say?
Who only deal in envy and dismay
Don’t give those dogs thier day
Don’t let them get thier way
I’m glad to see your picture everywhere

They say celebrity extracts a heavy tole
That the devil soon appears to take control
They say it leads you by the nose and they resite the names of those
Who bled apon the alter of the demon rock ‘n’ roll

Who the hell are they?
And who cares what they say?
Who only seek to worry and alarm
Don’t give those dogs thier day
Don’t let them get thier way
‘Cos I can see that fame’s done you no harm


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Lyrics by Ian Dury & The Blockheads

  Apples   Back To Blighty   Ballad Of The Sulphate Strangler   Ban The Bomb   Bed O' Roses No. 9   Billericay Dickie   Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself Around London)   Blackmail Man   Blockheads   Broken Skin   Bus Driver's Prayer   Byline Brown   Cacka Boom   Clever Trevor   Clevor Trever   Common As Muck   Crippled With Nerves   D'Orine The Cow   Dance Little Rude Boy   Dance Of The Crackpots   Dance Of The Screamers   Delusions Of Grandeur   Don't Ask Me   Don't Ask Me   England's Glory   Father   Fly In The Ointment   Fucking Ada   Funky Disco (Pops)   Game On   Geraldine   Girls (Watching)   Happy Hippy   Have A Word   Heavy Living   Hey, Hey, Take Me Away   Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick   Honeysuckle Highway   Huffety Puff   I Believe   I Could Lie   I Made Mary Cry   I Want To Be Straight   I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra   If I Was With A Woman   Inbetweenies   It Ain't Cool   Itinerant Child   London Talking   Lonely (Town)   Looking For Harry   Love Is All   Lullaby For Francies   Manic Depression (Jimi)   Mash It Up Harry   Mischief   My Old Man   No Such Thing As Love   O'Donegal   Oh, Mr. Peanut   One Love   Pam's Moods   Pardon   Peter The Painter   Plaistow Patricia   Poo-Poo In The Prawn   Poor Joey   Profoundly In Love With Pandora   Quick Quick Slow   Quiet   Razzle In My Pocket   Really Glad You Came   Reasons To Be Cheerful   Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3   Red (Letter)   Rough Kids   Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n Roll   Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll   Sink My Boats   Spasticus (Autisticus)   Superman's Big Sister   Superman's Big Sister   Sweet Gene Vincent   Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup (You're Sitti...   Thank You Mum   That's Enough Of That   That's Not All   The (Body Song)   The Badger And The Rabbit   The Call Up   The Mumble Rumble And The Cocktail Rock   The Passing Show   The Roadette Song   The Sky's The Limit   There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards   This Is What We Find   Trust (Is A Must)   Twenty Tiny Fingers Sore Throat Mix   Two Old Dogs Without A Name   Uncoolohol   Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy   Upminster Kid   Very Personal   Wait (For Me)   Waiting For Your Taxi   Wake Up And Make Love With Me   What A Waste   You'll See Glimpses   You're More Than Fair   You'll See Glimpses   You're More Than Fair   You're My Baby   You're My Inspiration   You're The Why   Your Horoscope

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